Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, August 27, 1863

August 27, 1863.

To-morrow is the grand presentation day. I have not made the slightest preparation in the way of a speech, and have not the slightest idea what I shall say. Governor Curtin, I understand, is to make the presentation address; so, of course, I shall be overwhelmed with his eloquence and perhaps dumfounded. On reflection, I thought it absurd for me to make any labored effort; that it being entirely out of my line, I should most likely do worse than if I just trusted to luck and said what at the time seemed to me pertinent and suitable.

SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 145

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